Radical Mapping: History, Praxis, and Grounded Theory
HIST 326
Spring 2025
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From Indigenous trade routes in precolonial Louisiana to 21st-century digital commemorations of lynching sites, this advanced seminar will examine at the craft of mapping as a site of historiographical study and an opportunity to propose new ways of understanding time and space that center communities of color. We situate the rise of the professionalized fields of Western geography and cartography as a colonial practice, engage critical and resistant readings of historical maps, and convene in a collaborative studio model. Some questions we will explore include: What is a map, and what kind of power does the object and practice wield? How have communities of color been both enclosed and liberated by spatial arrangements of earth, sea, and sky? What would it mean, in the words of David Harvey, to develop a "People's Geography?" What interventions are cutting-edge scholars making, and what methods are they using to articulate original historical research? |
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Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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